The Greatest Collection of Cabin Inspiration Ever Assembled

It’s no secret what you’re getting into when you run across Cabin Porn on the bookshelf: unadulterated, glorious cabins. Released this fall, the book began as a scrapbook for a group of friends who were saving photos for inspiration on their own project in Upstate New York and posting them online to the now very popular tumblr page. One of those friends happens to be Zach Klein, who co-founded Vimeo. The printed book is a deeper dive on some of Klein’s favorite setups from around the world plus some valuable service and profiles including chapters titled “How to Craft an Off-Grid Bunkhouse” and “How to Live Underground.” Here, a look at some of our favorite digs in the 336-page cabin bible.

Zelenkovac, Bosnia: A magical cabin converted from a water mill. A Serbian painter built several wooden cabins along this river in the village, transforming the mills that belonged to his father.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Wonder Valley, California: Lisa Sitko and Douglas Armour’s bungalow, which they purchased and began renovating in 2006. One essential design element: from the bedroom on the left, the couple has an unobstructed view of the sunrise.

Photo: Sebastian Heise

Oberwiesenthal, Germany: A private home in the countryside.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Pine Valley, California: Built by hand in the Ventana wilderness, the lumber was cut and milled on site and all of the tools were packed in, hand carried, or carted by wheelbarrow.

Photo: Anka Lamprecht and Lukas Wezel

Grotli, Norway: An archival image featured in the backcountry section of the book.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Joseph, Oregon: One of two underground structures on the Pacific Northwest property. Each hut is dug out from the hillside and supported by wood beams.

Photo: Marieke Kijk in de Vegte

Ten Boer, Netherlands: A simple holiday house and escape.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Keene, New York: The first, and smaller, of two hand-built yurts on the family-owned property. This yurt was built back in 1976 by the parents, which inspired the two sons to build a larger one to house their families decades later.

Photo: Jaime Diaz

Tintaldra, Australia: A prefabricated and customizable structure with solar panels, as well as septic and rainwater tanks.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Scottsdale, Arizona: This small desert shelter was designed by Dave Frazee who was an architecture student at Taliesin West founded by Frank Lloyd Wright. The school owns a 500-acre swath of desert land in Arizona where students are encouraged to build their own structures or even modify ones from decades past.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Deer Isle, Maine: This cabin sits on a 17-acre property on an island only reachable by boat. The builders imitated the gabled dormers and overhanging second story of colonial American architecture.

Photo: Noah Kalina

Sandpoint, Idaho: Ethan Schlussler’s pad features a bike-powered, elevator pulley system if you aren’t interested in taking the ladder.

Photo: Haukur Sigurdsson

Kulusuk, East Greenland: One final archive image from the Cabin Porn library. The tumblr page now has more than 350,000 followers.

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